ELON — Elon’s Board of Aldermen is closer in narrowing down the candidates for the vacant town manager position following a two-hour closed meeting Monday.

But no number of remaining candidates — nor an original number of applicants for comparison — was given after the meeting adjourned.

“All we did was talk about the candidates, and there’s no decision made,” Mayor Jerry Tolley said.

When asked how many original applications for the position were received, Tolley said, “I’m not at liberty to say. Everything is in confidence.”

The town has been looking for a manager since August, when the board established a recruitment committee to find the person to follow in the late Mike Dula’s footsteps. Dula served as Elon’s town manager for 23 years before his death in June.

Ed Wyatt has been serving as interim town manager since August, but has worked with Elon since before April, when he served as assistant administrator during Dula’s prolonged illness.

Though vague on the particulars, Tolley said Monday, “The pool of candidates has been narrowed.”